1961–62 League of Ireland

May 2025 League of Ireland Shelbourne (7th Title) European Cup Shelbourne Cup Winners Cup Shamrock Rovers Fairs Cup Drumcondra 132 529 Eddie Bailham (Shamrock Rovers), 21 1960–61 1962–63 1961–62 Statistics of League of Ireland in the 1961/1962 season. Overview It was contested by 12 teams, and Shelbourne won the championship after beating Cork Celtic, 1–0, in a Championship play-off on 2 May 1962 at Dalymount Park. 2025 Historical Tables https://www.leagueofireland.ie/mens/sse-airtricity-mens-premier-division/historical-tables-mens-premier-division/ leagueofireland.ie League of Ireland May 20, 2025 Shelbourne qualified to play in the European Cup, Shamrock Rovers qualified to play in the Cup Winners' Cup, and Drumcondra qualified to play in the Fairs Cup for next season. Final classification main WDL Q auto 2 SHE Shelbourne CCF Cork Celtic SHM Shamrock Rovers StP St Patrick's Athletic CHF Cork Hibernians LIM Limerick DRU Drumcondra DUN Dundalk BOH Bohemians WAT Waterford TRA Transport SLI Sligo Rovers Transport and Sligo Rovers were not re-elected to the league for next season. TRA 15 5 2 55 23 16 3 3 71 24 14 3 5 51 32 11 3 8 48 46 8 8 6 37 36 1 10 5 7 41 34 -1 8 6 8 45 40 8 5 9 42 36 6 5 11 40 46 7 3 12 39 49 2 3 17 29 76 1 3 18 31 87 After a protest the points for the drawn game between Cork Hibernians and Limerick were awarded to Cork Hibernians. CHF inherit European Cup EC inherit Cup Winners Cup CWC inherit Fairs Cup ICFC complete www.rsssf.com Results main FBR BOH CCF CHF DRU DUN LIM SHM SHE SLI StP TRA WAT Shelbourne 3–0 6–2 3–3 1–2 3–1 3–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 7–0 Cork Celtic 1–1 4–0 0–2 5–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 3–1 4–1 5–1 8–1 Shamrock Rovers 1–2 1–3 3–1 3–0 2–0 4–3 3–1 3–2 2–0 4–2 0–0 St Patrick's Athletic 0–2 2–8 0–5 2–2 1–2 3–1 2–3 2–2 3–2 5–3 4–1 Cork Hibernians 1–2 2–3 1–1 0–1 +:- 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 4–0 4–1 Limerick 1–2 1–4 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–3 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–3 6–3 Drumcondra 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–3 1–1 2–4 4–1 2–1 2–1 4–2 5–1 Dundalk 2–2 1–2 0–2 0–1 4–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 4–1 5–0 3–0 Bohemians 1–0 2–2 2–3 1–4 3–3 1–2 1–5 2–1 2–1 2–0 5–0 Waterford 0–3 0–4 0–5 3–1 1–2 2–0 3–3 2–2 4–2 4–1 4–3 Transport 1–2 0–6 3–1 1–6 1–1 0–4 1–1 1–2 1–5 1–3 2–1 Sligo Rovers 2–7 0–2 1–3 0–1 2–3 1–4 1–1 2–5 4–4 1–5 6–4 The match between Cork Hibernians and Limerick (1–1) was resulted in a goalless win for Cork. complete Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1Eddie BailhamShamrock Rovers212Donal LeahyCork Celtic183Eric BarberShelbourne153Austin NoonanCork Celtic155Ronnie WhelanSt Patrick's Athletic126Jimmy MorrisseyDrumcondra117Ben HanniganShelbourne107George LynamCork Celtic107Donal O'LearyCork Celtic1010Johnny KingstonBohemians910Jackie MooneyCork Hibernians910Eddie MulveyLimerick910Tommy O'ConnorLimerick910Paddy O'RourkeSt Patrick's Athletic910Willie PeytonSt Patrick's Athletic9 References Category:League of Ireland seasons Ireland Category:1961–62 in Republic of Ireland association football